FEATURES

Battersby Brooklyn

By Sarah Williams
Left: Chef Walker Stern Right: Chef Joseph Ogrodnek

Photo: Tuukka Koski

At Battersby, it’s all personal. Chef-owners Walker Stern and Joseph Ogrodnek have a long-standing friendship that’s taken them through culinary school to stints at some of the city’s best restaurants.

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Chuck Miller

By Caroline Hwang
Chuck Miller with his wife Jeanette Miller

Photo: Michael A. Muller

The Meatpacking District in New York is full of beautiful Manhattanites, working professionals, and stylish tourists who are staying at the nearby Gansevoort Hotel and the Standard. So when you…

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Journal: Clift San Francisco

By Michael Muller
Frontside view of the Clift from Geary Street

Photo: Michael A. Muller

On a recent trip to San Francisco, the Clift hotel was the central figure and home base on a quick three-day stay during the onset of autumn in…

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RESULTS FOR "Inspiration"

Retail

Photo: The Studio

The Future Perfect

David Alhadeff opened the Future Perfect in 2003 to showcase independent Brooklyn designers in a retail environment. A curator of sorts, Alhadeff helped to usher in a design scene with… read more »

Photo: The Studio

Darr

Darr is the first collaboration of Brian Cousins and Hicham Benmira (Hollander & Lexer being their second). The store is a culmination of hours spent digging deep in the flea… read more »

Photo: Courtesy of Kiosk

Kiosk

When you’re traveling abroad, it’s often the unique charm and earnestness of everyday products and packaging that can catch your attention—something that high design can’t always offer. Kiosk curates and… read more »

Dining / Bars

Hibino

Photo: Courtesy of Hibino

Hibino

Several blocks south from bustling Smith Street sits a quiet Japanese restaurant in Cobble Hill called Hibino. The restaurant is a collaborative effort between two chefs and a graphic designer. read more »

The grand eastern influenced interior

Photo: Courtesy of Buddakan

Buddakan

This soaring, sexy bi-level restaurant is sure to impress your out-of-town guests, but the Asian-inspired food is good enough to merit a visit on its own. Have a cocktail at… read more »

Features

House Industries founder Andy Cruz at his home office.

Photo: Rose Callahan

House Rules

Ogling the archives at the House Industries studio in pastoral Delaware can only be likened to digging through the crates of a great record collector. All sorts of gems are… read more »

Textile & Objects shop 1961

Photo: Todd Webb courtesy of máXimo

Meet the Neuharts

We were first smitten with the work of Marilyn and John Neuhart upon discovering the handcrafted, colorful dolls that Marilyn created on commission for Alexander Girard’s Textile & Objects Shop… read more »

Multiple Visions A Common Bond exhibit

Photo: Dana Johnston

El Encanto de un Pueblo (The Magic of People)

Brooklyn welcomed Dana and me on November 7th, 2004 to a sublet apartment with a sheet-less bed and the haunting noise of radiator piping. We arrived with 2 suitcases and… read more »

Events

01 Group Exhibition

Photo: Nicholas Haggard

01 Group Exhibition

01 Magazine is pleased to present their traveling group exhibition, 01, at the No.6 Gallery in New York. Curated by Redia Soltis and Jennilee Marigomen, the exhibition showcases 34 inspiring… read more »

Spencer Finch, The River That Flows Both Ways

Photo: CreativeTime

Spencer Finch: The River That Flows Both Ways

We heard Spencer Finch speak last spring about his anticipated installation for the High Line, The River That Flows Both Ways, and really liked his thinking…. read more »

Died Young, Stayed Pretty Rock Poster Show

Photo: 303Grand

Died Young, Stayed Pretty

A bit short notice, but we wanted to announce an interesting pair of upcoming events. Opening tonight at 303Grand, the Died Young, Stayed Pretty Rock Poster Show rides… read more »

Blog

Mike Mills drawing

Photo: Sarah Soquel Morhaim

Mike Mills on Beginners

As conventional as it may seem, asking an individual what inspires them is a question we continue to ask. It’s our inherent desire to learn more from that person in… read more »

Anthony Sperduti, Andy Spade, interior of Partners & Spade

Photo: Interview Magazine

Andy Spade

Glenn O’Brien speaks candidly with Andy Spade in Interview magazine, where he divulges the inspiration behind Partners & Spade, collaborations, J. Crew, past and present work. Always an… read more »

The peak of Corcovado in the distance

Photo: 180° South

180° South

“The word adventure has gotten over used. For me adventure is when everything goes wrong. That’s when the adventure starts.” So says Yvon Chouinard, the founder of the… read more »

TOURS

The Bacon Tour

By David Tez

Photo: Staff

From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…

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The Tenenbaums

By Siobhan Vivian

Photo: Staff

The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…

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